“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you say, “How have you loved us?” “Is not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet I have loved Jacob but Esau I have hated.” (Mal. 1:2–3) Life is hard. Add together the soul-numbing monotony of the daily grind and the normal experiences of life’s disappointments to the acute suffering that comes with broken health, broken relationships, or broken spirits, and sometimes life is overwhelmingly difficult.
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